The Sapphires were the Aboriginal girl band who faced extreme racism in their native Australia then left to entertain US troops in Vietnam

Cummeragunja lies between dusty fields and eucalyptus trees on a bend in the
Murray River, on the border of New South Wales and Victoria. The settlement
is a mission station where, until recently, the Australian government would
send Aborigines to live: a ghetto, grim, impoverished and sponsored by the
state. This mission, still with a couple of dozen houses, is now the
backdrop to a new film, The Sapphires, which tells the story of four girls
from Cummeragunja who overcame endemic racism to set up a band and tour
Vietnam to entertain American troops.

It has already grossed more than $13m at the box office in Australia and won
two Australian Writers’ Guild awards — for Most Outstanding Script of 2012
and Best Feature Film Adaptation. It opens in Britain on November 7. The
film combines soul tunes and a story that shines a light on Australia’s
particular colour bar: until